ABCG2 impairs the activity of the aurora kinase inhibitor tozasertib but not of alisertib

  • Background: Recently, we have shown that the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter ABCB1 interferes with the anti-cancer activity of the pan-aurora kinase inhibitor tozasertib (VX680, MK-0457) but not of the aurora kinase A and B inhibitor alisertib (MLN8237). Preliminary data had suggested tozasertib also to be a substrate of the ABC transporter ABCG2, another ABC transporter potentially involved in cancer cell drug resistance. Here, we studied the effect of ABCG2 on the activity of tozasertib and alisertib. Results: The tozasertib concentration that reduces cell viability by 50 % (IC50) was dramatically increased in ABCG2-transduced UKF-NB-3ABCG2 cells (48.8-fold) compared to UKF-NB-3 cells and vector-transduced control cells. The ABCG2 inhibitor WK-X-34 reduced tozasertib IC50 to the level of non-ABCG2-expressing UKF-NB-3 cells. Furthermore, ABCG2 depletion from UKF-NB-3ABCG2 cells using another lentiviral vector expressing an shRNA against the bicistronic mRNA of ABCG2 and eGFP largely re-sensitised these cells to tozasertib. In contrast, alisertib activity was not affected by ABCG2 expression. Conclusions: Tozasertib but not alisertib activity is affected by ABCG2 expression. This should be considered within the design and analysis of experiments and clinical trials investigating these compounds.

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Author:Martin MichaelisORCiDGND, Florian Selt, Florian RothweilerGND, Michael WieseORCiD, Jindrich CinatlORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-505722
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1405-4
ISSN:1756-0500
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26415506
Parent Title (English):BMC Research Notes
Publisher:Biomed Central
Place of publication:London
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2015
Date of first Publication:2015/09/28
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2019/07/25
Tag:ABCG2; Alisertib; Aurora kinase inhibitor; Drug resistance; MK-0457; MLN8237; Tozasertib; VX680
Volume:8
Issue:Art. 484
Page Number:5
First Page:1
Last Page:5
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HeBIS-PPN:452197783
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
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